262801 - (GH) Thrive Welcome Team Coordinator

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

Edinburgh City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) is undergoing a period of transformative change to improve access to mental health and wellbeing support for people. Mental Health Nursing staff, Allied Health and Social Work professionals contribute to these improvements in their roles within the Thrive Welcome Teams.

We are looking to welcome enthusiastic candidates who have a recognised registered professional qualification with a keen interest in working within an adult community mental health setting in Edinburgh.

There is a multi-disciplinary and interagency approach. Our senior support workers and peer recovery practitioners are employed by third sector organisations whilst our mental health nurses, social workers, and occupational therapists come from statutory services.

The teams have been co-designed to deliver accessible, short-term, mental health interventions, working with adults aged 18+ in Edinburgh. People engage with the Thrive teams for a variety of reasons, for example, depression, anxiety, self-harm, suicidal ideation.

People are assisted to build their own self-agency and are linked, where suitable, to services in the wider community. The team utilise approaches that are asset based; solution focused and use motivational interviewing delivered in a trauma aware and trauma skilled way.

There is a focus on utilising professional skills to support risk assessment /management and responses as well as liaising with wider mental health service colleagues where appropriate.

Not sure if it is a good job fit for you?

You would be suited to this job… if you can work smartly with people to help them establish goals and identify how Thrive Welcome Team professionals and locally commissioned services that can add value in people’s recovery.

You would love this job…if you’re committed to work as part of a diverse team assisting and developing general service delivery whilst retaining your professional identity and unique contribution.

You would excel in this post…if you are positive, practical, hopeful and solution-focused in your approach, keen to work alongside people with a belief in their self-agency.

The service is committed to continuing professional development, supervision and student education. There is a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as regular city-wide learning and reflection between the four Thrive Welcome Teams.

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Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.

We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.

For further information on what is included in the role and what skills/experience are being looked for, click on the links at the bottom of the screen to the job description and person specification. If after reading this information you have any questions, please contact Lisa Spalding at 07971080974.